Door-pull.



G. A. SIEBEN.

DOOR. PULL.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 23, 1913.

1,087,693, Patented Feb. 17, 1914.

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GEORGE A. SIEIBEN, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

DOOR-PULL.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 17, 1914;.

Application filed June 23, 1913. Serial No. 775,193.

To all whom it may concern.-

lle it known that I, GEORGE A. SIEBEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Paul, in tl e county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful improvements 111 Door-Pulls, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hand grips for sliding doors,its object being to provide a construction of grip, in the use of whichthere is no danger of injury as in the case of the ordinary open gripconstruction.

To this end the invention consists in the features of construction,combination, arrai'igement of parts hereinafter described and claimed. 1

in the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a side elevation, broken away, of a wall and supported sliding doorfitted with one form of my invention; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the formshown in Fig. 1 and a portion of a supporting sliding door; F 3 is asection on line of Fig. 2; Fig. 4; is a plan view of a second form of myinvention; and Fig. 5 is a section on line yz of Fig. 4-.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a wall formed with a doorway 2.

B represents an ordinary construction of sliding door carryingsupporting rollers 3 traveling upon the rail 4; above the doorway.

In carrying out my invention with the form shown in Figs. 2 and 3, Iform a socket opening 5 in the face of the door adjacent to its inneredge. Fitted in the opening 5 is a casing 6 formed at its opposite endswith outwardly extending ears 7 through which screws 8 are adapted to bepassed into the body of the door, said casing at its one s being alsoformed with inwardly extending flanges 9 under which the opposite endsof a spring plate 10 extends. The spring plate 10 is centrally supportedupon a block 11. As shown, the block 11 is shaped to accommodate theinward movement of the ends of the spring plate. The end walls of thecasing 6 are preferably curved to conform to the inward movement of theends of the spring plate.

In the form shown in Figs. at and 5 a casing 1-3 similar in generalconstruction to casing 6 is fitted within an opening 151- and secured inposition by screws 15 extending through the ears 1G in the body of thedoor. The casing 13 is formed with inwardly extending edge flange 17. Aspring plate 18 is arranged within the casing and supported at one sideupon a block 19, the spring plate extending underneath the oppositeflange 17. Thus in use the free edge of the plate 18 will be depressedin the same manner that the free edge of the plate 6 is in the otherform. Two opposed casings 16 are em ployed to give the results of thecasing 6. It will be evident that normally the spring plate will be heldsprung outwardly againstthe flanges 9 or flange 17, constituting a flushconstruction. lVhen it is desired to open or close the door the hand ispressed under one of the flanges to force the corresponding end of thespring plate inwardly. lVhen in the act of opening the door the handpasses the operators body the spring will tend to force the hand out ofthe grip, keeping the user from carrying the hand against any adjacentwall. The ends of the spring plate when in normal flush position andalso when being forced inwardly or springing back against the flanges 9,by reason of the manner in which it is fitted in the casing, prevent anydirt getting behind the spring plate.

I claim as my invention:

1. In combination with a door having a socket opening, an open facedcasing fitted therein, and a spring plate centrally supported in saidcasing.

2. In combination with a door formed with a socket opening, an openfaced casing fitted therein and formed with end flanges extendinginwardly over said opening, and a spring plate centrally supported insaid opening and extending under said flanges.

3. In combination with a door formed with a socket opening, an openfaced casing fitted in said opening, inwardly extending end flangescarried by said casing, a block centrally positioned in said casing, anda spring plate centrally supported upon said block and extending undersaid flanges.

4. In combination with a door formed with a socket opening, an openfaced casing fitted therein and formed with an inwardly extendingflange, and a spring plate supported within the same and at its freeedge fitting underneath said flange for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE A. SIEBEN. 'tnesses:

H. S. JOHNSON, H. Swanson.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

